Synopsis:
Haruyama Kyoko (Nagasawa Masami), a newly-appointed English teacher at a rural but well-respected, prestigious prefectural high school, had spent her childhood and high school years overseas before returning to Japan. Because she lived abroad for a long time, she completely cannot understand the old-fashioned ideas peculiar to Japan and tends to be frank about what she thinks. On the eve and the day of the school entrance examination, various incidents occur. There is the spectre of someone attempting to wreck the examination for some motive. Everyone present is a potential suspect and the truth remains shrouded in mystery to the end.

Nagasawa Masami will be starring in the autumn 2012 FujiTV drama "Koukou Nyuushi" (High School Entrance Exam) which begins its run in October at 11.10pm on Saturdays. This is the first teacher role which Nagasawa has taken on.

The drama is based on a script from famous writer Minato Kanae and is a mystery story set in a famous senior high school where Nagasawa plays a newbie English teacher who finally gets her dream job at the age of 28 years old. On the day before the high school entrance exams, notes threatening to disrupt the exams appear in all the classrooms. True to what is declared, various happenings take place on the exam day.

Filming began at the end of June and co-stars include Minamisawa Nao, Tokuyama Hidenori, Nakao Akiyoshi, Saiki Shigeru, Takahashi Hitomi, Yamamoto Kei.

Nagasawa Masami will play the part of high school teacher for the time in the debut production as screenwriter of a drama series for mystery writer Minato Kanae, widely known as the author of titles such as "Shokuzai" and "Kokuhaku".

The series, entitled "Koukou Nyuushi" (High School Entrance Exams), will be a mystery set in a prestigious prefectural high school mainly over the course of two days, the day prior to the entrance exams and the day of the exams itself. Various incidents are occurring. Someone seems to be intent on destroying the examination, but who really could be causing these incidents and what is their objective!? Every character in the drama is a potential suspect but the truth of the case will remain shrouded in mystery till the very end.

The series is being called an "educational mystery," and will begin airing in October, Saturday nights from 23:10 to 23:55 on Fuji Television.